In your opinion, how does President Bush rank compared to other US presidents?

Bush has taken steps, and these do seem to be having an effect. I have also noticed that the news is now starting to acknowledge that there is in fact terrorist activity in Iraq, namely al-Qaida, and one of it's fronts that calls itself The Islamic State. This would indicate that Bush was correct in his assessment about this being a war on terrorism, and not a civil war as some would like for us to believe. You do of course remember al-Qaida...they are the same fine folks that brought us 9-11. Have no doubt that if we do not defeat them in Iraq, we will be fighting them here.

Destiny my friend please wake up and smell the coffee. "If we don't fight them there, we will be fighting them here," is one of the lamest after the fact excuses I've ever heard. Of course they are fighting "us" there. We are invaders in the middle east's back yard. Terrorists are flocking there in droves to fight us, no one disputes that. Yes I do remember Al-Qaida, they are the terroist organization that rules much of Afganistan where *all* of our troops should have been. I find it rather suspect that the majority of the 9/11 attackers came from Saudi Arabia. It is even more suspect that in the days after 9/11 the only non-miltary planes allowed to fly were ones that carried prominent Saudi's back to their home country..including members of the Bin Laden family. Hmm...Saudi Arabia..oh yeah the Bush's have Oil partners there. On the Subject of terrorists (and this in on topic as it relates to Bush's decisions directly)the problem is that there is no conventional terrorist army to confront directly. That is to say that we cannot bomb the country of Al-Queda. Terrorism is a tactic, and terrorist are not (and especially in this case) an army. Stirring up trouble in the middle east, and picking these fights in Iraq is just angering more, young, poor, Muslim males and the majority of the followers of Islam. Don't you think that by some freak occurance Libya were to invade and occupy canada that we wouldn't rush up North to get them out of "our" backyard? One last point, even the Republicans of which I am one by the way (aside from the oracle bush) have conceeded that it is indeed a cival war going on over there. While I respect your opinions Destiny and your right to have and express them, I just don't agree with them.

I tend to think that the mark of a good leader is being able to admit they were wrong and have made mistakes and then take steps to correct those errors of judgement or policy, not ignore them.

More mindless Bush Bashing.

I agree with you about Bush whywiki, but Nixon was actually a pretty good President. He brought and end to the Vietnam conflict and opened up dialogue and trade with China. His questionable politics aside, he should not be singled out for watergate because right or wrong most Presidents have used the very same tactics during their time in office. He did however, get caught.

I dont think he is the worst...very close though..brought our country into a recession after 8 wonderful years with Clinton. I dont think history will be kind to Bush. Illegal wars and shady dealings will mar his presidency and they should.

Very nice comment. It is nice to see people saying this when the media won't.

I think History will look at most of those issues in the correct light. Katrina and the CIA operative will probably not even be mentioned in conjunction with Bush in history books 20 to 30 years from now. Many of the problems laid at Bush's feet don't hold up when one looks at the facts.

History is written by the victors, so I guess it depends on which political party stays in power the most over the next 20-30 years as to what is written about the Bush presidential legacy. An interesting sidenote, I remember reading a college textbook printed in 2002 that basically stated that Bush was a great President and that he was "the great uniter" of the American people. See above paragraph.